Nestlé Opens First Coffee Center in Yunnan Province

Global food giant Nestle opened its first coffee center on Friday [11 December 2014] in southwest China’s Yunnan Province, which will train local farmers and boost coffee consumption in a nation of tea lovers. The center, located in Pu’er City, is expected to be the largest training base in China for coffee farmers, agronomists and business professionals. It will have a quality assurance coffee laboratory and an integrated handling and storage facility, said Christian Schmid, executive vice president of the Nestle Greater China region…Full Article: Xinhua Dec 2014

Key Points

According to the article, in 2013, Yunnan Province produced almost 100,000 MTs of coffee or approximately 98% of China’s total output.

Nestle will reportedly purchase 10,000 MTs of coffee beans from the Pu’er region or Yunnan during the upcoming 2014-2015 season.

Nestle first established a presence (e.g. model farms, technical assistance projects) in Yunnan Province in 1988.

ChinaAg Comments

In December 2014, Nestle announced they would only procure coffee beans in Yunnan that are “4C” certified.

In 2012, China produced approximately 70,000 MTs of green (raw) coffee.